Talamo gets a Belmont ride

Joe Talamo, the 19-year-old jockey from California, will have a mount in the Triple Crown after all.

Talamo was supposed to ride I Want Revenge, the morning line favorite in the Kentucky Derby, but that colt was scratched the day of the race.

Friday, trainer Tim Ice announced that Talamo will have the ride aboard Summer Bird in the Belmont Stakes on June 6. Summer Bird, who arrived in New York from Louisiana on Tuesday. In his last start, he finished sixth in the Kentucky Derby.

Summer Bird will breeze seven furlongs Saturday morning at Belmont with Edgar Prado in the saddle.

“Edgar said he didn’t mind working him,” Ice said. “I’ve known Joe since he was 14 years old, hot-walking in Louisiana. I think the rider change will help.”